Sinister side of experience
Sinister side of experience
April 30, 2009
Section: After Hours
The lights of the city come on one by one, forging their defences against the encroaching darkness.
There’s a killer on the loose tonight, but it’s no werewolf - this time, what you fear is human. It might even be you.
To a band that studies the sinister side of human experience, the twilight, that moment of suspension between light and dark, holds endless fascination.
Singer, songwriter, and founding member of Faker, Nathan Hudson admits that it’s always been one of his nightmares.
“I’ve had a fear of twilight ever since I was a kid,” he said.
“Anything could happen.”
Faker is a band that knows how to make it happen. Their latest album Be The Twilight is up-front, fierce, and in the moment, but without being studied or overly aggressive. It moves in that suspended light where possibilities seem to multiply. It’s a startling achievement which Hudson credits to the closeness of the members.
“Six to nine months before we made the record we had to figure out how to communicate again,” Hudson said.
FAKER
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